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WCDT Strips 3251 to 3255 (27th June to 1st July 2016)
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 30 Jun 2016, 19:09 ---Bubbles, either by accident or cunning, may have switched Faye to a different track.
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Bubbles' tactic of saying, in essence, "I'm not judging you or trying to challenge you with this question, but I don't always understand human behavior, so help me out" is brilliant. Perhaps unconsciously so, but brilliant nonetheless.
themacnut:
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 01 Jul 2016, 01:41 ---I will also note that pointing out how ridiculously, selfishly, immaturely etc one is behaving - not by lecturing or moralizing, simply by holding up a mirror and letting them observe themselves - can be very effective, if one can withstand the blows that will likely come from the embarrassed person trying to get you to stop.
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It may depend on if Faye is ready to face such an epiphany. If she isn't she may be driven to drink even faster; "Oh god the feels. THE FEELS. MUST DROWN THEM!!!" I've always thought that the reason many addicts continue chasing that high even though the chase has imploded the rest of their lives is because the high is the one remaining good feeling. The rest of their life is hell, getting high relieves the pain for awhile; for all too many addicts, that may be all they think they have left.
WareWolf:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 01 Jul 2016, 05:09 ---
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 01 Jul 2016, 01:41 ---I will also note that pointing out how ridiculously, selfishly, immaturely etc one is behaving - not by lecturing or moralizing, simply by holding up a mirror and letting them observe themselves - can be very effective, if one can withstand the blows that will likely come from the embarrassed person trying to get you to stop.
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It may depend on if Faye is ready to face such an epiphany. If she isn't she may be driven to drink even faster; "Oh god the feels. THE FEELS. MUST DROWN THEM!!!" I've always thought that the reason many addicts continue chasing that high even though the chase has imploded the rest of their lives is because the high is the one remaining good feeling. The rest of their life is hell, getting high relieves the pain for awhile; for all too many addicts, that may be all they think they have left.
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Fairly often, it's not even a matter of feeling good anymore. You do it to keep from feeling bad, because the drugs or alcohol have burned out all the pleasure receptors in the brain.
themacnut:
Damn. That's...so much worse than I thought.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: themacnut on 01 Jul 2016, 05:09 ---
--- Quote from: St.Clair on 01 Jul 2016, 01:41 ---I will also note that pointing out how ridiculously, selfishly, immaturely etc one is behaving - not by lecturing or moralizing, simply by holding up a mirror and letting them observe themselves - can be very effective, if one can withstand the blows that will likely come from the embarrassed person trying to get you to stop.
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It may depend on if Faye is ready to face such an epiphany. If she isn't she may be driven to drink even faster; "Oh god the feels. THE FEELS. MUST DROWN THEM!!!" I've always thought that the reason many addicts continue chasing that high even though the chase has imploded the rest of their lives is because the high is the one remaining good feeling. The rest of their life is hell, getting high relieves the pain for awhile; for all too many addicts, that may be all they think they have left.
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I don't recall the name of the experiment or those that performed it, but the experimenter(s) had put a lone rat in a standard cave with just some bedding, bland food pellets, and two water bottles. One was plan water, the other was drugged (crack, if I'm not mistaken). The rat always chose the drugged water. Said rat was transferred to a much larger cage with other rats, a running wheel, plenty of toys, a more varied diet, and two water bottles -- one of which contained the same drug. The rat went for the normal water. The conclusion was that when the rat's needs were met, it didn't take drugs. And it's also suggested that our current model of addiction is wrong.
Mind you, this is something I read on tumblr, so take it with a grain of salt.
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